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 stated that "Mr. Pickwick had retired from business and was a gentleman of considerable independent property."

In the original announcement of the "Pickwick Papers" there are some scraps of information about Mr. Pickwick and the Club itself. This curious little screed shows that the programme was much larger than the one carried out:—

THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB;

EDITED BY "BOZ."